Then another ranch hand named Tom Yates showed himself.

He was on foot, but his horse was tethered not far away.
"Well, where are they ?" asked Todd, of the other cowboy.
"Where are they ?" growled Tom Yates.

"Where they always are when they go over, hang 'em! Say, we're going to have a fierce job this time," he added.
"Why ?" asked Todd.
"Because that big steer--the spotted one--went over with two of the others.

He got hurt a few days ago in the woods, and he's as ugly as sin because of it." "Well, we'll have to drive 'em up, same as we did before," answered Sid Todd, briefly.
"I don't think you'll drive that steer," answered Tom Yates.

"Blinky and I tried it, and we couldn't do a thing with him.